We always get asked about ways to manage or transfair your old music library from an older iPod to a new one, or ripping DVDs or movies to your new iPod, well here are some of the best applications out there that will do the job for you, now you can go on your summer trip with your iPod fully loaded with fun stuff to watch and hear.

Want to transfer (and play) music to and from your iPod?

Floola (www.floola.com) is a freeware, cross-platform application that makes it easy to copy music and videos to and from your iPod from and to any computer.

YamiPod (www.yamipod.com) is another freeware cross-platform application to efficiently manage your iPod.

Want to convert a DVD to watch on your iPod?

We think the best application out there is HandBrake (www.handbrake.fr) this app can rip a DVD for your iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, PS3, or AppleTV… All you need to do is pop in your DVD, pick which device you want to rip to, and start ripping. The best part is that HandBrake is free!

Videora (www.videora.com) is a free iPod video converter that can convert all types of video files (avi, divx, xvid, flv, x264, vob, mpeg, DVD’s, YouTube, etc.) into the proper video formats (MPEG-4, H.264) that plays on the iPod.

One thing to remember, don’t steal music, use these tools to manage stuff you already own. Oh and enjoy!